Pollution, Heavy Metal, and Emerging Threats in Forest Soil

Dear Colleagues,

As Guest Editors of the Forests Special Issue on “Pollution, Heavy Metal, and Emerging Threats in Forest Soil”, we hope to attract and publish high-quality articles from different regions of the world and cordially invite you to present full papers on the topics below.

In-depth examinations of soil and plant contamination on different scales and approaches to evaluate contamination levels regarding natural geochemical backgrounds are pivotal for the improvement and remediation of affected areas of forest and other soils.

The chemical composition of soils all over the world reflects a constantly increasing anthropogenic activity accompanied by emissions of chemical elements and compounds exceeding natural backgrounds. This leads to the contamination of soil, plant, and food. The sources of pollution are diverse, and there is a need to account for different climatic, physiographic, and geochemical conditions assessing and developing differentiated strategies for environmental hazard prevention. The problem of soil monitoring, rehabilitation, and improvement for forest abundance and higher ecosphere quality is becoming increasingly topical due to population expansion. It is important to evaluate the spatial distribution of natural and human-made associations of macro- and microelements to understand the dynamics and sustainability of natural and anthropogenic substances and their spatial structures formed in soils to provide remediation and prevent the future pollution of land both in forests and in terrains for artificial silviculture. New afforestation technologies are on the agenda to improve soil, forest, and human health.

Prof. Dr. Valery P. Kalinichenko
Prof. Dr. Alexey P. Glinushkin
Dr. Saglara S. Mandzhieva
Guest Editors

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